GOOD BARREL COOP.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3548, 18 July 1905, Page 4

GOOD BARREL COOP.

Poultry Yard Device That I« *0 Simple Had laeipenulvs Tlnat Bverybody Can Ho-vo It. A tight barrel makes an excellent coop tor chickens, as it is almost ready tor use as it is. Throw » lot of dry loam into the bottom, when/

GOOD BARBEL COOP, turned on its side, to make a level floor, and nail two strips at. the front, as shown. Make a front of laths ns shown in the cut and place against the strips. A nail at either side wul hold it in place. During the day lei thd slatted part be at the bottom, so the chicks can run in and out. At night simply turn the front around in its place, so that the more solid part may come at, the bottom to keep out prowling enemies and to keep the chicks in. Orange d> hi Farmer.

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Formula Used liy Speenllators a»d Sealers I£7! I’, I'<i in ;ii«* Bmlbmi f «I. i. a.iirwi: ’Numerous met hods of preserving 1 eggs art in use. The idea of all of them is to k-; p ,!.i out ut the eggs, as by such .ii’- ' .;ee of oxygen decay can be M»i i • or a considerable length of time. by if llu are perfectly fres. at the sta:'. no are kept in a cool, (.ai'k’dihe , 'l'm standard method inos'l Vi.sui" :>;■ -;ut. 1 a.ors and dealers is to put •- > ii , water. The process is as f..ii > .vs, thi* recipe having been widely sold at ll've dollars’ under pledge of seer jy: fake two gallons of water, 12 pounds at umslaked lime and four pounds' of -salt, or in that proportion according to the quantity of eggs to be preserved. Stir several times daily and ihen let .-tand until the liquid has sc 1 1 i, d and is per feetiy clear. Draw or carefully dip off the dear liquid, leaving the sediment at the bottom. Take for the above amount of liquid five ounces each of baking soda, cream of tartar, saltpeter and borax and an ounce of alum. I‘ulverize and mix these and dissolve in one gallon of boiling water am! add to the mixture about 20 gallons! of pure lime water. This will about fill a cider barrel. Put the eggs in carefully so as hot to crack any of the shells, letting the water always etand an inch above the eggs, which can be done by placing a barrel head a little smaller upon them and weighing it. This amount of liquid will preserve 150 dozen of eggs. It is not necessary to wait to get a full barrel or smaller package of eggs, but they can be put in at any time that they can be obtained fresh. The same liquid should be used only once. —Michigan Tradesman,

Shipment ot Dressed Fowls. It is a common saying that the market is nevL-r over-stocked with the beat, and this is probably correct. Whenever the market is over-stock,ed it begins at the poorest quality to reject. If the market does not reject the low quality, it at once reduces the price to a pqjnt below cost of production and marketing. Therefore the only people that stand a chance of making money are those that send to market good product* in good shape. In a way market* are always over-stocked, except in timea of special scarcity. But the market is never over-stocked with choice fowls. Great loss to the producers results from the manner in which fowl* are dressed and shipped to market. One man says that the quantity of fowls daily dressed and sent to market In an unsalable condition in mormon*. —(Farmers’ Eeview. Poultry Home Dlifsf«slaa<*. It is well to keep the fact in mind that pure air and sunshine are thabeot of disinfectants. They discount everything in keeping the nursery coopa in condition. Turn these coops over frequently so when the hens and their broods are out on the range the sun may shine on them all day. If thi*is regularly attended to and their location changed so as to occupy a fresh spot of ground once a week you can relieve your mind of any fear of foulnea* which will be injurious) to the chicks. This kind of disinfecting cost* nothing in the way of labor, and is one of the cheap things which is thoroughly good. —Farmers’ Voice.

Sell the Surplus Main. Every rooster not intended especially for breeding should be killed or sold m soon as large enough to eat. Not over one good rooster should be kept on any farm, and that one cooped and mated with not to exceed tea hens, the eggs l from those hens to be kept expressly for hutching. T u ° other hens should be kept espied,.,.. . ,-s for market or table use, and no rooster should be allowed among them.. On the ordinary farms about one-tenth of the fowls are roosters, which is about nine times a* many as are necessary.—Farm Mid Fireside. OVRG